The seasonal cycle of phytoplankton, macronutrients, and the microbial community in a nearshore Antarctic marine ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1281-1294

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Leakey, Raymond J G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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BACILLARIOPHYTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0030445735     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.6.1281     Document Type: Article

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